Newspaper article entitled "York Married to Miss Williams" by Robert G. Fields (staff correspondent). "Miss Williams, who is the youngest of thirteen children was attended by three maids of honor, Misses Ida Wright, Maud Brier, and Adella Darwin,...

1912 baseball team with the letter M on their jerseys. Correspondence from Hoge Swafford to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Farmer on reverse. Samuel Preston Hoge Swafford Sr. was born in Litton, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, on November 15, 1889. He was the son...

Tintype of a young uniformed soldier. This is believed to be Pvt. Thomas S. Snapp, Co. H, 5th Tenn. (McKenzie's) Cav. Regt., CSA. Snapp was born in Greene County, Tenn., in 1843. He was married to Susannah Josephine Stephens. Snapp died on;...

Elizabeth Barton Taylor (1808-1879) was the wife of James Robards Taylor, a farmer in Cannon County. According to Taylor's ledger (cann059), the Federal army took some of their property during the Civil War, including food, livestock, and 19...

James Robards Taylor (1804-1879) was a Cannon County farmer during the Civil War. He did not serve in the war. His ledger book (cann059) documents items that the Federal army took from him, including 19 slaves and some livestock. The image is very...

Ambrotype of Nancy Jane Coburn Evans, wife of Confederate Pvt. Simpson Evans. Jewelry has been painted in on the ambrotype. She was born April 12, 1840, in Hardeman County, Tenn. She died May 24, 1930, in Fayette County, Tenn. She married...

Amnesty oath for Simpson Evans. He was born August 5, 1834, in Arkansas. Evans married Nancy Jane Coburn on February 28, 1858. He enlisted in Co. A, McGehee's Regiment, Arkansas Cav., CSA, on June 17, 1862. He surrendered on May 17, 1865,; and was...

Amnesty oath for John A. Winfrey of Fayette County, Tennessee. The papers are signed by Charles W. Johnston, U. S. Circuit Court Commissioner. Winfrey served in Co. D, 6th Tenn. Infantry, CSA. He was married to Matilda (Mattie) Cary Sweeny. The...

This architectural drawing was found among materials bought at estate sale at the Thomas house in Lebanon. A daughter of the Thomas family married William Williamson's son who was the second husband of Mattie Ready Morgan (formerly married to John...

John Coffee (1772-1833) was a merchant, land speculator, and military leader who participated in every one of the Tennessee battles during the Creek War and in the campaign at New Orleans. Previously Andrew Jackson's business partner, Coffee became...

Photograph of William Henry Edwards, Co. E, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry CSA. Pictured with his wife, Mary Rebecca Roach, who he married in October 1865. She helped prepare meals for prisoners at Rock Hill, where she met Edwards. Photographer...

Civil War era candle holder. A note on the back dates it 1865. The note states that it was "brought from Ky. by Mattie Cary Sweeny" and it "was used during the war to indicate a friendly house to soldiers on the road." Matilda (Mattie) Cary Sweeny...

Portrait of William Preston Graves (Febraury 2, 1841 - January 20, 1889) seated in uniform. Graves was a captain in the U.S. Army. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and died in Little Rock Barracks, Arkansas. He married Hetty Scott of...

Family history notes that Benjamin Temple Elliott, Jr. served as a colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War, but there is no record of his service as such. He was a farmer, and briefly a hotel keeper, who married Pauline Anne North in...

Encased tintype of Christianna Margaretta Houseal Thomson, 1811-1875. Thomson was married to David Lyon Thomson of Beaufort, S. C. Together, they had eleven children, three of whom fought in the Civil War. See tsla124, tsla125, and tsla127 for...